A Distinguished Career Award is an
award
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An award may be d ...
recognizing
individual
An individual is one that exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of living as an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) as a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or g ...
s for notable contributions to their fields, companies, or organizations. Distinguished Career Awards are typically bestowed on recipients later in their careers, as opposed to Early Career Awards, which recognize contributions towards the beginning of an individual's career.
INS Awards (Distinguished Career Award)
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See also
* American Public Health Association Awards (Distinguished Career Award)
* American Sociological Association Awards
*Awards and decorations of the United States government
Awards and decorations of the United States government are Civil awards and decorations, civilian awards of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civ ...
*Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal
The Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency for an individual's cumulative record of service reflecting a pattern of increasing levels of responsibility or increasingly strategic impact and with distin ...
References
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ASHE Distinguished Career AwardASPHO Distinguished Career AwardDistinguished Career Award for the Practice of SociologyEuorgraphics Distinguished Career AwardGSA Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division Distinguished Career AwardInternational Neuropsychological Society AwardsNOAA Distinguished Career AwardsSCMS Distinguished Career Achievement Award
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Career awards